The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-02-03

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Henry I, son OF the Conqueror, married Ma
tilda of Scotland, tho daughter Of King Nal.
colin Clanmore. Through. their union Vic
toria may trace her ancestry through the
Saxon kings Through Alfred the Great to
his grandfather, Ecgberht, the first English
king. ~
Who Sent Stanley, TO African as
win you please state how It happened that
Mr; Henry II. Stanley went to Africa In search
OF DR.. Livingstone G.. Wv.
Mr. Henry NJ Stanley was, by profession,
q newspaper correspondent. Mr.. James Cor
don Bennett, proprietor of The New York
Herald, sent him TO Africa to look for DR..
Livingstone in 1860, from whom no authentic
information had been received for ten years,
and who was very generally supposed to be
dead. Stanley reached Zanzibar, on the east
coast OF Africa, In tho spring of 1879, and set
out for the interior with 100 men. In No
vsmber no found Livingstone near Lake Tan
ganyika. He endeavored to induce Living.
stone to return with him to England, but did
not succeed, and Stanley furnished him with
supplies for further explorations. Living,
stone died in April, 1873 ~ Sizes "a,
After Livingstones death Stanley was
again sent to Africa at the joint expense of
Tho New York Herald and London Tele-
graph. He reached Lake Victoria, Nyanza,
in February, 1875. In April he continued his
explorations along the Congo river, reaching
its mouth In August, 1877. His object now
Is to open up the Congo country to commerce
-' The Young English Poet. ( 4aa
lish classic roeti -, nj. F.
Thomas Chatterton. He was born in 1752
and died in 1770, being Is years old at death
AT II years Of age he wrote verse that has
become classic. ...s ~ "
Wedding Anniversaries. -
WIN you please inform me how many years
after marriages. wooden. tin, crystal and other
like weddings are celebratedy .,. ID.
The wooden wedding comes five years after
teen years; the china, twenty years; silver,
twenty-five years; golden, fifty years; dia-
mond, seventy-fve years, ~ 49, -
The Central Point Of Population. Ill
What is the central point Of the population Of
the United Statesf In what direction Is 1t NOV.
mgf i - ''f~E'' a. go 80 B.
The center Of population was determined
after taking the census OF 1880 by mathe-
NAUTICAL calculation. It was found to be eight
miles southeast of the center Of Cincinnati.
and half mile southeast Of the village of
Taylorsvillc, or at latitude 80 degrees, 4 min
utcs and seconds; longitude "a degrees 80
minutes and 40 seconds. ---:.l -.
4 In 1870 the center OF population was TWEEN.
ty,three miles east Of Baltimore. Its rate
Of westward motion, as shown by the
decade from 1870 to 1880, is about six miles
per year, but 1t Is probably now greater than
that. I. t.1jH ,!St.. s-H -t'A' i-.-.i al
Farm Wages Two Hundred Years AGO.
Can yon give any statement Of the wages maid
farm hands in Engand say 200 years ago, :.
In the middle of the Seventeenth century
the daily rates Of wages were determined by
the justices Of the county Of Somerset. From
these rates it appears that mowers binding
themselyesl received one shilling and two
pence; with meat and drink. seven pence.
Haymakers -Qinding themselves, ten pence;
with meat and drink, six pence Women
haymakers, seven pencey with meat and
drink, four pence Corn reapers, not found,
one shilling and two pence; found, eight
pence. For moving an acre of grass, not
found, one shilling and two pence. Reaping
and binding an acre of wheat, three shillings.
Tho SHILLING Is twenty-four cents, the penny
two cents. @ ...'- e-:'.''-'.' ---s =
49,. ,-.. "Unele sam.''1'sg 81 as,5'ss5 :
Please state how the term ..Uncis Sam came
to be applied to the United States government
It is questionable whether tho true origin
Of such terms Is often preserved. 1t 10 said
that during tho revolutionary war there was
q beef inspector in Troy, n. Y, who was
Familiarity called by the men in his employ
Uncle Sam. The boxes containing the pro-
visions were shipped TO contractor named
Elbert Anderson and marked E. A., U. s. A
workman being asked what the letters U. 8.
meant, replied that they meant "Uncle Sam
The joke spread, and hence the common APP
plication OF the term to the United States
government. ~ +-.'~''- -.
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The Anvil Chorus.
Who composed the music OF the ANVIL Chorus
and when and where was Il given with artillery
to represent tho anyilss - ~ 80 D.v
The ANVIL Chorusu Is found in verdi's opera
OF al Troyatore,n or 1.-THE Troubadour.r At
The great peace Jubilee (held In honor Of the
CESSATION of civil war in the United States,
In Boston In June, 1860, the ANVIL Chorus"
was given by r. s. Gilmore's great band Of
I 900 pieces. A hundred nnviis were struck
In time by a hundred fremen, and battery
Of artillery outside the music hall was fired
by electricity at the same time as the striking
on the anyils The effect was described q
grand. go -
Dead Head
VIII you please give the origin Of Tie use Of
the letters d. H., for dead head, OF free Of
charged 1s~s A. M
It Is said that the use Of these letters came
about in this way: Chicago once had . mayor
named d. H. Colvin, for many years agent
for the United States Express company.
While holding this position, articles sent to
him were delivered free, and such packages
were spoken Of rs d. H, or free Of charge,
This soon came to be the method OF directing
any package sent free Of charge. The pack
ages were known rs ''dead uistter,n hsncs d.
H. came to be called dead bead.
Z z gis4 sBeginning Of Winter. 49,
When does winter begin and when does e endf
fhave always understood the months Of Decem-
Der, January and Februaryto compsiss tho
winter period. Am I correctf Il! - Z
These are called the winter months, but -
Economically speaking. winter begins with
the winter solstice about Dee. ~, and ends
with the vsrnal equinox, between March n
and % 49, e.
The First Union General Killed.
Can you give the name Of the arst Union ssn.
eral who fell IN the war Of The rsbeilionf "a
ftEassS4 Iflss Y 1Sss @-.t' ns T. 8. G.
Gen. Nathaniel Lyon, killed, IN Missouri.
Aug. 10, 1851 s,..-s 49, ~.
Miss de Crashville speaking Of her pro
die)-He isn't an Adonis, but you know
he saved papa's life once, and we think
the world of him. .ealla 1Ea .w@1 y
Mr.. de .Topp-Why, yes, Jon must
What were the circumstancesi - &,
Miss de Crashville-weil, ron see, one
Of our neighbors threatened. TO shoot papa
IL he didn't keep Clawed out Of his yard.
Mr.. de Topp dnterestedIyI
Miss de Crashville-Y Yes, and papa tied
him up after that, It'd Bits,